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package org.camunda.bpm.application;


/**
 * A reference to a process application.
 * 
 * @author Daniel Meyer
 * 
 */
public interface ProcessApplicationReference {

  /**
   * 
   * @return the name of the process application
   */
  public String getName();

  /**
   * Get the process application.
   * 
   * @return the {@link AbstractProcessApplication}
   * @throws ProcessApplicationUnavailableException
   *           if the process application is unavailable
   */
  public ProcessApplicationInterface getProcessApplication() throws ProcessApplicationUnavailableException;

}
